Love
The Dance
From The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke (1915)
Love
As the Wind, and as the Wind,
In a corner of the way,
Goes stepping, stands twirling,
Invisibly, comes whirling,
Bows before, and skips behind,
In a grave, an endless play--
So my Heart, and so my Heart,
Following where your feet have gone,
Stirs dust of old dreams there;
He turns a toe; he gleams there,
Treading you a dance apart.
But you see not. You pass on.
✦ ✦ ✦
Codex Note
Dated April 1915.
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Brooke, Rupert. “The Dance.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/brooke/85/.
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